News and Articles by Anahit

The Federal Bureau of Investigation published a statement on the investigation results associated with the $600 M hack of the Ronin Network. Ronin is an Ethereum sidechain built for the play-to-earn game, Axie Infinity. According to the statement, the FBI was able to confirm that the hackers behind...

Antoni Trenchev, co-founder and CEO of the crypto services provider company Nexo finds Bitcoin may reach $100,000 within a year. In an interview with CNBC, he also predicted short-time price fall along with traditional financial markets. His opinion is connected with the US Federal Reserve's...

Development company Ava Labs, standing behind the Avalanche blockchain protocol, is raising a new fund. An article by Bloomberg says that the new valuation makes Ava Labs one of the cryptocurrency startups with highest value. Established in 2018, the firm is raising $350 M at a $5.25 bln valuation,...

One of Ethereum’s core developers, Tim Beiko revealed that the much-expected upgrade will probably take place several months later after June. He tweeted about this after the team carried out a major test on April 11. In particular, devs had released a shadow fork to test the software. Beiko...

The Dogecoin Foundation, a non-profit organization supporting the development of the coin, published a blog post that considers how to achieve financial freedom. Product Lead Timothy Stebbing and Principal Engineer Michi Lumin described how "RadioDoge" will run and how it will enable...

Global fintech company FIS built a partnership with the cryptocurrency institutional custody startup Fireblocks to offer crypto trading and lending services to its over 6,000 clients. John Avery, FIS Global Product Head for Crypto and Digital Assets said that it makes it easy for the client base...

Digital currencies and blockchain-focused investment fund Pantera Capital is supposed to complete the Blockchain Fund within about a month after securing $1.3 bln. In the latest conference call, the firm said that the raised capital is roughly two times higher than the original goal of $600 M....

Trading platform Robinhood added four cryptos; Shiba Inu (SHIB), Solana (SOL), Polygon (MATIC), and Compound (COMP). Robinhood announced the news via a blog post. The company mentioned that over 2021, crypto customers have continuously asked for sending and receiving tokens along with a wider...

Leading financial services provider Mastercard has applied for about 15 crypto and metaverse trademarks on April 4. Among them are filings for virtual cards and payments, NFTs, crypto and NFT marketplaces, etc. In February Mastercard hired 500 new team members to hold discussions with banks and...

Decentralized cryptocurrency exchange Uniswap revealed the establishment of Uniswap Labs Ventures (ULV) to invest in web 3 development teams such as infrastructure and apps at various stages and levels. A blog post published by Uniswap says that the team is focused on supporting projects that have...

Businessman, co-founder of leading private equity firm Carlyle Group, David Rubenstein reconsidered his views on crypto. At an interview with the Colossus podcast, Rubenstein said that he was previously skeptical about crypto as he thought nothing was underlying it. However, the businessman said it...

Global investment manager Investcorp, specialized in alternative investments, has started raising money for a new fund to invest in blockchain technology development startups. The Fund will be led by the company's Abu Dhabi office. It will invest in early-stage firms building various products...

Florida-based investment management firm Ark Invest’s CEO and CIO Cathie Wood announced dropping all of the company's PayPal holdings for Cash App. She talked about the news at Bitcoin 2022. Cash App owned by Block relies on Lightning Network, a layer 2 solution for BTC payments to make...

Leading blockchain infrastructure builder Blockstream and financial services provider Block (previously Square) will build a facility in Texas for mining Bitcoin using Tesla's solar and storage technology. Adam Back, Blockstream's co-founder, and CEO unveiled the news at Bitcoin 2022. Together with...

Jack Mallers, the Chief Executive Officer of the payments provider Strike, which is developed on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, disclosed an integration with the popular e-commerce firm Shopify. While announcing the news at Bitcoin 2022, Mallers mentioned that the tech allows innovative and peer to...

The Terra protocol team revealed a collaboration with Avalanche and the purchase of AVAX coins. Terraform Labs bought $100 M in AVAX for Treasury Swap of LUNA and AVAX to boost various activities. Along with this, the Luna Foundation Guard bought $100 M in AVAX with UST stablecoins. AVAX is now the...

At Bitcoin 2022 held in Miami, PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel enumerated the names of the popular executives that are the main Bitcoin enemies. Thiel accused some of the financial figures of attempting to stop the cryptocurrency and surpass what has become a powerful movement. Well-known investor...

Messaging and social media app WeChat, developed by the tech company Tencent and having over 1 bln users, started the support for China's official digital currency, the electronic yuan. A report by the media hub, TechNode, says that the function is available in 23 regions, including Beijing,...